I had laser surgery (Epi-Lasek) on the 23rd Aug 2005 by Mr Waseem Aziz. I was -3 (short-sighted) in both eyes, no astigmatism, worn soft contact lenses for 19 years (hardly ever worn glasses) I am 40 years old, I am in good health, so I was fairly sure that I was a good candidate for this procedure. 2 reasons why I had lasek rather than lasik 1) I wanted to continue my Judo without any risk and 2) lasek has the longest history and is the safest (I was still apprehensive-after all they are my eyes, and if I couldn't see very clearly I would be out of my career) So the results were A1. Now (6 weeks later) I have better than 20-20 and do not have any halo's or anything at night. The only thing is dryness of eyes but it is rapidly disapearing to the point that it has nearly gone (it was mainly as soon as you wake up). I couldn't have dreamed of better results, I only wished I could have afforded it years ago. Couple more points- on the big day I personally found it very very easy, but thats me, you may be different, I was up for it, so I just relaxed and it was over with, in less than a minute. And the minute is easy. The only thing is the noise of the machine startled me which made me move on the first eye slightly, but it didn't matter because it was fine, all very professionally done. It wasn't painful for me during or anytime after the procedure though I believe it's different for everybody, because my wifes cousin had it done the same week and he was in pain after, but I reckon it would be well worth it. So to conclude I would highly recommend it, for me who was average short-sighted it was suitable. Worth every penny, it will probably pay for itself over time. My advice is to have a read of the commments on here, try looking at different websites, read the information, then weigh it up - thats what I did.
Very glad I did!!